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From 1961 to 1963 Ford offered three beds for their 100s and 250s, not counting cab and chassis or flatbeds....special order stuff. 4X4s used the bed past 63.
The flagship Styleside or unibody with the one piece cab and bed,
the Flareside and lastly
a Styleside that used the 57-60 bed design.
There lots of lore on why this was done. The most logical to me is that Ford offered it to more conservative customers who wanted a Styleside but were not interested in the new one piece truck.
I have heard rumors that Ford had to rush these into to production due to poor sales of the one piece truck but that may be legend like most of the Model T tales you hear.
I just picked up one of these wrong bed trucks last weekend. 1962 Mecury M100 short box. Complete truck. Motor is siezed. All glass is good. Posi rear end with 3.73 gears. Needs cab mounts and floors. Cab corners. Over all pretty solid truck.
It really looks okay with the full trim like the Red new one.
But without the trim it just looks wrong. Does the Tu-Tone
paint and the trim hide it and blend it well or better? Any Tu
tone pics guys?
